かんこどりがうたう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かんこどりがうたう – see the following entry.

【閑古鳥が歌う】 [phrase] [from 1772] (figurative, uncommon, possibly archaic) describes a state of having few visitors, of being lonesome, desolate, or unpopular, especially in business

(This term, かんこどりがうたう (kankodorigautau), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)